07 SEP 3302
Following the success of the Total Recall 2 event, the Pilots Federation has asked the Buckyball Racing Club to help it investigate a pressing safety issue.
Since the start of the year, the Pilots Federation has noticed a sharp increase in the number of crash landings on high-gravity planets. To assess whether or not ship thrusters require an across-the-board power increase, the organisation has asked the Buckyball Racing Club to organise an event that pushes ships to their maximum tolerance during high-gravity landings.
To this end, the Buckyball Racing club invites pilots to gather at Cook Gateway in the Medzistha system. After departing from Cook Gateway, pilots must perform a single hyperspace jump to Omicron Capricorni B, land on planet A4 - anywhere - and return to Cook Gateway.
Pilots are warned that Omicron Capricorni B A 4 has a surface gravity of 4g, so extreme caution should be exercised when exiting orbital cruise.
The event will run from 00.00 UTC on the 6th of September until 23.59 UTC on the 11th of September.
Commander Markzx59
07 SEP 3302
As the scientific community grapples with the discovery of mysterious wreckage in the Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4 system, controversial naturalist Ulla Burton believes she has the answer.
In her most recent broadcast, Ulla said:
"The answer is staring us in the face – it's a form of giant space crab. I'm surprised the Canonn Institute hasn't considered it. The creature was obviously confused by frame shift emissions, and beached itself while looking for food."
While answering viewers' questions, Ulla dismissed suggestions that the remains were dangerous or indicative of the existence of intelligent life.
"The chances of anything coming from the Pleiades, or beyond, are a million to one. Other than the space trees the Federation is guarding, there's nothing in that remote, forbidding area. The Unknown Probes are nothing more than space fungi. The Canonn should stop misleading people with its pseudo-science."
Commander Gan
Ogilvy Observer | Interstellar Press
07 SEP 3302
At 7.00 am tomorrow morning (GMT), the monitoring of powers' activities will go offline for a short period while the latest data is assembled. Pilots who operate for one of the powers should deliver any cargo or vouchers before this time to ensure their activities are registered.
07 SEP 3302
This report presents the latest data on health issues among the galaxy's minor factions.
Here are the latest factions to experience famine:
LFT 1349 Mafia
BPM 40823 Republic Party
36 Ursae Majoris Gold Posse
Justice Party of Orule
Corngaranga Nationals
Confederacy of 47 Ursae Majoris
Jet Major Co
Iktock Jet Family
Boresti Blue United Corporation
Njuwai Transport Co
When a faction is affected by famine the standard of living in the system it controls temporarily decreases. Combat activity has no effect on influence while a famine is active. Completing food-trade missions can bring a famine to an end.
Here are the latest factions to experience an outbreak:
LHS 4003 Blue Organisation
Independent Kambila Confederacy
Traditional Ackwada Order
LFT 444 Crimson Energy Systems
Kokowar Solutions
Adachit Solutions
League of Rudrato
Sigma Hydri Gold Family
HIP 14997 People's Party
LTT 1935 Gold Galactic Network
When a faction is affected by an outbreak the standard of living in the system it controls temporarily decreases. Combat activity has no effect on influence while an outbreak is active. Completing medicine-supply missions can bring an outbreak to an end.